| Re: [technology-pmc] [CQ 14163] SpotBugs Eclipse Plugin 3.1.0 |
Hi Technology PMC, > http://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14163 > > --- Comment #4 from Genie Eclipse <genie@xxxxxxxxxxx> 2017-09-11 08:00:06 --- > This CQ is currently awaiting PMC Approval. PMC members only, please use the > PMC_Approved flag on this CQ to indicate your approval (flag set to "+") or > disapproval (flag set to "-"). let me provide you with a bit more background: We (Code Recommenders) are currently thinking about a SpotBugs detector (FYI, SpotBugs is the successor of FindBugs) that uses machine-learning to find bugs like missing method calls. (Kind of like an inverse Code Recommenders.) Based on a discussion with Mike Milinkovich (the important parts are quoted in CQ 14163 [1]), I think the SpotBugs Eclipse plugin should become an *exempt prereq* dependency of the Code Recommenders detector + get Board approval due to being LGPL-licensed API. We at Code Recommenders think that SpotBugs/FindBugs is the de-facto standard for such tools; jointly, the respective Eclipse plug-ins have more than 6,000 downloads/month. AFAIK, there is no alternative with a more permissive license -- besides building yet another UI for running bug detectors within Eclipse ourselves. But in our opinion, integrating with an existing solution is preferable by far, as users would not need to learn yet another tool for (initially) just a few more detectors. I hope this adequately explains the situation. If not, please ask -- and raise any concerns you may have as early as possible. Andreas [1] <https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14163#c1> [2] <https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/spotbugs-eclipse-plugin#group-metrics-tab> [3] <https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/findbugs-eclipse-plugin#group-metrics-tab> -- Codetrails GmbH The best code possible Robert-Bosch-Str. 7, 64293 Darmstadt Phone: +49-6151-276-7092 Mobile: +49-170-811-3791 http://www.codetrails.com/ Managing Director: Dr. Marcel Bruch Handelsregister: Darmstadt HRB 91940
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